Wake County Public School System

1. Wake County Public School System Academically/ Intellectually Gifted Program AIG Contacts: Wendy Carlyle – 919-431-7656 - wcarlyle@wcpss.net Patty Carr – 919-431-7658 – pcarr@wcpss.net Joni Currin – 919-431-7659 – jcurrin2@wcpss.net Pam Young – 919-431-____ - ptyoung@wcpss.net Darlene McDowell – 919-431-7657 – dmcdowell@wcpss.net

2. WCPSS AIG Stats vs. NC AIG Stats2011-2012 • AIG student population • WCPSS 29,735 • North Carolina 172,947 • % AIG of student population • WCPSS 20.3% • North Carolina 12.3% • State Funding= 4%

3. The Academically/Intellectually Gifted Program, as part of the Academics Division, seeks to: • Promote high academic growth • Foster high achievement capabilities • Support interests of highly capable and gifted learners • Nurture highly capable learners from all populations • Increase students identified from under-represented populations • Inspire the love of learning • Embrace and support implementation of Common Core with fidelity

4. Wake County Schools Vision for Local AIG Program: • The Academically/Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program provides an appropriately challenging education for students who perform, or show potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment. Services for AIG students include differentiated curriculum and instruction to extend and enrich the Common Core and Essential Standards.

5. Videos to help envision Common Core classrooms • Dr. Val Faulkner: professor at NC State • http://valeriefaulknermathclub.com/student-help/middle-school-math/dividing-with-fractions/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XA1PWf_ErU • Dan Meyer - national speaker • http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

6. Stakeholders for AIG Students’ Success AIG Teacher Parents/Guardians Classroom Teachers Student School Counselors and other professional staff Central Services AIG & Academics staff Administrators

7. Policy 5532: Academic Acceleration • Guides AIG programming as well as the local AIG plan • “Under review” for the 2012-2013 school year • Single subject acceleration is under review as an implemented, recommended accelerative practice for 2012-2013 • All students in K-5 will be taught the Common Core curriculum for their grade level; no 5/6 compacted math; K-5 Crosswalks handout example with others available on NCDPI website • Academic acceleration will provided through enrichment units developed for differentiation K-8 which will be housed in C-Mapp • Additional acceleration resources and PD will be provided to AIG teachers to best serve the needs of AIG teachers • In alignment with Common Core, all teachers must make use of the resources available on C-Mapp; AIG teachers should also use additional program resources to further accelerate and enrich

8. Academic Acceleration cont’d. • Can not be continue to operate the same way and use the same materials; NEW way of thinking and teaching • Whole Grade Advancement will continue to be implemented for use as a recommended accelerative practice • Academics will be evaluating the implementation of Common Core throughout this first year to monitor how students are responding to the more rigorous curriculum • AIG program evaluation for third year of local plan cycle in conjunction with an evaluation of Common Core and resources for differentiation will be evaluated throughout the year as well

9. Policy 5611: Middle School Math Placement • District placement criteria must be used when establishing course options for all students • Placement criteria include multiple entry points for acceleration, however • No content nor course skipping as stated • Guidelines for requests for placement other than the data suggests are established in policy and criteria • FAQ & Answers handout

10. Talking Points to use! • You have in this packet, a page of talking points to use when in dialogue with colleagues, administrators, parents, and/or students. • Please feel free to ask questions to ensure that you are able to communicate clearly, consistently, and effectively.

11. What is your role with Common Core implementation? • Continue to maintain a rigorous and accelerated level of services through the use of: • Tiered activities and assignments as well as On-going formative assessments • Provide and/or support academic acceleration through enrichment units developed for differentiation K-8 which will be housed in C-Mapp • Varied questioning, texts, & materials in addition to Technology applications • Utilizing acceleration resources and PD provided to AIG teachers to best serve the needs of highly capable and gifted learners • SES, Toolbox for Rigorous Instruction as well as other opportunities to provide additional complexity and challenge as necessary • Projects and investigations as well as Differentiated instructional units/centers • Collaboration/support for teachers & students during push-in and pull out 0pportunities • Provide clear, consistent information for all stakeholders regarding more rigorous and accelerated differentiated services through the use of Common Core and additional AIG resources.

12. In closing . . . • We truly appreciate you attending this session, especially on such short notice! • We want to remind you that we are here to support you as you work in your school to support your colleagues and the students as we embark on the journey with Common Core! • We are confident that you will effectively communicate with stakeholders, using the talking points, so that we have a clear and consistent message relayed across our entire district! We also know that you will continue to strive to provide the most appropriate services for our AIG students! • We appreciate you and all that you do everyday to support the AIG program, all WCPSS students, and to help fulfill the mission of the WCPSS Academics Division which guides our efforts in serving ALL students appropriately while . . .

13. “Inspiring learners today to revolutionize their tomorrow.” Thank you, and have a great evening!